Official Languages committee  If we can't reach people by telephone, we nevertheless have census officers in the field. We identify all the places where people are. We can count people even in Fort McMurray.

Official Languages committee  The purpose of the census is to enumerate the entire Canadian population. In every census, of course, there is undercoverage or overcoverage. However, the aim is to enumerate all Canadians, regardless of where they work in the country.

Official Languages committee  These are people who are in our country. We are therefore in a position—

Official Languages committee  We will try to see what we can do about that.

Official Languages committee  As you are no doubt aware, the only statistics we have on that subject are taken from the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities. In the fall of 2006, we observed that 56% of children of rights holder parents were attending a French-language school and that 15% we

Official Languages committee  That is correct. In fact, it is interesting to see that there is a decline. We observed that there had been a decline since 1996. The calculation is done for a 10-year period. Indeed, among youths 15 to 19 years of age, whose mother tongue is English—

Official Languages committee  We are conducting more and more studies on that subject. As you know, in 2001, the Canadian census, for the first time, included two questions on languages used at work. We are currently studying—

Official Languages committee  If I may, just to give you a little quick information, 60,000 of B.C.'s population in 2006 had French as their mother tongue. And when we look at the number of people who can speak French, we're close to 300,000, so it's five times larger, actually. You're absolutely right. Fren

Official Languages committee  I can answer that question. Statistics Canada has clearly developed a number of partnerships with the various departments and agencies precisely because it does not necessarily have the resources to respond to as many requests from the various partners. Consequently, the effici

Official Languages committee  I will try to be brief. These results are directly related to the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities. In that survey, we asked a number of questions in a module on the language used in public. We asked people what languages they used outside the home in variou

Official Languages committee  Of course, in northern New Brunswick, it is clear that francophones mainly use their language, whereas the situation is different in the south.

Official Languages committee  Nearly 80% of Quebec anglophones live in Montreal or near Ottawa. In Montreal, they are essentially concentrated on the West Island. Consequently, they use English much more in their everyday lives.

Official Languages committee  One element clearly stands out, and I mentioned it. Following the vitality survey, we established a concentration indicator. We have observed that even anglophones who live in regions such as the Eastern Townships or in Gaspésie live in quite dense concentrations. Consequently, t

Official Languages committee  One of the key elements is that, as I mentioned earlier, 40% of francophones outside Quebec live in municipalities where they represent less than 10% of the population. In fact, getting a university degree and getting a good job doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be able to wor

Official Languages committee  My answer will be brief. It is essentially to provide statistics. Obviously, we do not conduct summative evaluations. However, sometimes it is just about statistics; at other times, it is to try to understand, based on the statistics we have or that exist, certain phenomena for